While coming back from his swimming class, I asked Sumukh a simple question – “Do you think a rose is beautiful?” He said “Yes” immediately and looked at me as if I was asking about something super obvious. I followed up with another question – “Sumukh, do you want to think about your answer again?… Continue reading
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The Ultra-short Course on Seduction
How can you seduce someone? Important Note: With the Valentine’s day around, the title can be misleading. No, I am not talking about romantic kind of seduction – I don’t claim to be an expert on that and I am happily married for the last twenty years – so I guess it does not matter… Continue reading
The Art of Graceful Disagreement
Disagreement is hard and graceful disagreement is an art that you MUST master. Have you been in a situation where: You want to disagree but you don’t know how the other person will feel so you end up agreeing to something that you don’t buy-in You want to be a good sport so you go… Continue reading
9 Things You Must Forget from Your School
Good teachers can change your life – be it in school or outside of it. I was fortunate to have some really good teachers when I was at school and I am forever indebted to them. But, we both know that school and marketplace are very different environments. There are some things that you must… Continue reading
How to Deal with a Masked Narcissist
It is not easy to detect a masked narcissist. Why? Well, for one, he or she is masked. Jokes apart, masked narcissists are all around you and some of them may not even know that they are one of them. There are subtle signals of narcissism in their talk and behavior. Here are one example:… Continue reading
How to Sell Your Ideas
Getting new ideas is reasonably easy. Here are ten ideas to get new ideas. Selling any idea is hard. First, let us talk about how ideas die prematurely. How Ideas Die Prematurely Most ideas die in your mind. In fact, here is an over-simplified representation of the journey of ideas. 1. Random Chatter You… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #218 – Look for Lesson #2
Richard Branson (no introduction needed) shares a story from his early entrepreneur days in his book “Business Stripped Bare.” As most of you know, Richard started his entrepreneurial journey by starting and running the “Student” magazine. One day, Patricia Lambert from the media giant IPC reached out and made an offer to buy the “Student”… Continue reading
How to Stay Calm
Just to be more realistic, let’s slightly modify the topic to How to Stay Calm (Most of the Time) as I don’t think there is anyone in my audience who are on the path to becoming a saint 🙂 Let me set the expectations right too – there is no magic pill or magic formula… Continue reading
How to detect if you are slightly brainwashed?
Ask yourself a few questions below: 1. Are you open-minded? 2. Are you a team player? 3. Are you a good leader? 4. Are you a quick learner? 5. Are you a lifelong learner? 6. Can you communicate well? 7. Do you come up with good ideas? 8. Are you likeable? 9. Are you passionate… Continue reading
Dr.Liz Alexander on Co-Authorship
My friend Dr.Liz Alexander recently co-authored a book called Thought Leadership Tweet. I am a big fan of thought leadership and also the executive editor of THINKaha (publisher of the book) so I will be doubly-biased when I say that the new book is fantastic. Please check it out. What was also fascinating was that… Continue reading